David Bier

Immigration expert David Bier and law professor Natasha Sarin discuss Pres. Trump's wins and losses at the Supreme Court. WSJ's Yaroslav Trofimov analyzes Ukraine's drone assault on Moscow. Carlos Barragán's book 'The Yahoo Boys' explores Nigerian romance scammers.

Claire Valdez, the Democratic nominee for New York's 7th Congressional District, faces backlash for past remarks calling to abolish TSA PreCheck and nationalize the airline industry, which resurfaced after her primary victory. Critics including Marc Molinaro and Tré Easton mocked her proposals, while Valdez defended them as responses to airline profits and weak consumer protections.

The Trump administration introduced a policy requiring most green card applicants to initiate the process overseas unless under 'extraordinary' circumstances, causing uncertainty for industries reliant on nonimmigrant visas like H-1B and L-1 holders. While USCIS claims the policy targets fraud and won't affect law-abiding skilled workers, immigration lawyers argue the memo explicitly applies to H-1B and L-1 visa holders, prompting expected legal challenges.

A House Judiciary Subcommittee hearing discussed immigration and deportation policies, with testimony from Cato Institute expert David Bier, who argued against mass deportation. Senator Mike Lee countered that 20% of Fairfax residents being illegal immigrants justifies increased deportation efforts. The debate centered on the potential harm to Americans and communities.

A House Judiciary Subcommittee hearing examined allegedly lax prosecutions by Fairfax County prosecutor Stephen Descano involving illegal immigrants, prompting Senator Mike Lee to demand increased deportations. David Bier, a policy analyst at the Cato Institute, argued that mass deportation would harm Americans and is impractical. The debate highlights the ongoing controversy over immigration policies in the US.